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Granted Patent B2
US 12,540,476 · App. 18/116,022 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Binding machine

Inventors: Makoto Kosuge (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Terufumi Hamano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
E04G21/123B25B25/00
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Patent No.
US 12,540,476
App. No.
18/116,022
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A binding machine includes: a rotation shaft driven by a motor to rotate; a movable body that moves in an axial direction of the rotation shaft in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation shaft and that rotates about the rotation shaft; an elastic body that is compressed by the movement of the movable body along the axial direction of the rotation shaft and that is configured to apply tension to a wire adapted to bind an object to be bound by an expanding force; and a prevention member configured to prevent generation of a force for twisting the elastic body by the rotation of the movable body.

Claims (18)

1 . A binding machine comprising:

a rotation shaft driven by a motor to rotate;

a movable body that moves in an axial direction of the rotation shaft in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation shaft and that rotates about the rotation shaft;

an elastic body that is compressed by the movement of the movable body along the axial direction of the rotation shaft and that is configured to apply tension to a wire adapted to bind an object to be bound by an expanding force; and

a prevention member configured to prevent generation of a force for twisting the elastic body by the rotation of the movable body,

wherein:

the movable body is rotatably supported by a main body portion via a support member,

the elastic body includes a coil spring that is compressed and extended in an axial direction of the movable body along the axial direction of the rotation shaft, one end portion of the elastic body faces the support member, and the other end portion of the elastic body faces the prevention member,

the one end portion of the elastic body is pressed against a portion of the support member, the portion being non-rotatable with respect to the main body portion, and

the other end portion of the elastic body is pressed against the prevention member, and at least a portion of the prevention member, which is pressed by the elastic body, is prevented from rotating following the rotation of the movable body.

2 . The binding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the prevention member is configured to prevent rotation of the elastic body following the rotation of the movable body.

3 . The binding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the prevention member is configured to prevent rotation following the rotation of the movable body.

4 . The binding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the prevention member is provided between the elastic body and a member that is provided on the movable body and that is configured to regulate the rotation of the movable body.

5 . The binding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the prevention member has a plate shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: KOSUGE, MAKOTO; TAKAHASHI, SHINGO; HAMANO, TERUFUMI
To: MAX CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-031360 · Mar 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230279681A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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